This Frequently Asked Questions page is combines an overview timeline with
brief descriptions and links to all the rare and unique info covering the
band's entire history. There are quite a lot of interesting details and
stories the band has amassed over the past 30 years, which are recorded within
the mass of the Info Pages, so this is designed to put their access into one
easy-to-find place.

At the moment, it is a work in progress, but rest assured, I am updating
this page on an almost daily basis because I do recognize the importance of
such a tool!

After Rob joined, Priest cut a demo that landed them a deal on
Gull Records in 1974. At this time, the band was still a foursome; it
was Gull label President David Howells who suggested that Priest stand
out from other bands by adding a second solo instrument, even suggesting
a horn player! Fortunately for all of us, K.K. asked former Flying Hat
Band guitarist Glenn Tipton to come onboard.
LINK

The producer of the early Sabbath albums, Rodger Bain, was asked
to do the debut album for Priest because Bain had become known as "THE
heavy metal producer". Unfortunately, Howells and Bain decided to
"tone-down" the final mix to make the album more "presentable" to charts
and radio. The album cover also gave a different image of the band. The
late changes did not sit well with the band or their fans and the
compromise failed to pay off for Gull!
LINK

An unreleased song "Mother Sun" was recorded as an acoustic demo
that never made the ROCKA ROLLA album, yet the band played it live and
it exists as a bootleg! LINK

Later re-issues of ROCKA ROLLA featured different artwork
commissioned by David Howells. The correct title of that painting is
"THE STEEL TSAR" LINK

Ken Downing did not get his initials K.K. until their first tour
to Denmark, where a girl who couldn't pronounce "Kenny" simply called
him K.K.! The name stuck as a stage name ever since. The second K does
not stand for anything.
LINK

The single for "Rocka Rolla" was going to be remixed and released
in the States by Tamla/Motown Records, with a US tour planned for May of
'75, but things fell through once again...
LINK

In late '75, Priest recorded a version of "Diamonds And Rust" for
Gull Records, but that version wasn't released until after the band left
the label and had success with a re-recording of the song.
LINK

The symbol that graces the covers of several Priest albums and
merchandise is officially called the "Judas Priest cross", though Glenn
and Rob have both referred to it as "the Devil's pitchfork", because of
the similar shape. Artist Patrick Woodroffe no longer remembers where he
got the symbol from, but he thinks it's source may have been ancient
Egypt.
LINK

PAINKILLER producer Chris Tsangarides had to wing it as an
engineer on SAD WINGS OF DESTINY.
LINK

Despite the success of SAD WINGS OF DESTINY, Gull Records refused
to give the band any money to survive on. Members even had to consider
getting jobs and possibly breaking up the band!
LINK

1976
After releasing SAD WINGS
OF DESTINY, Priest sever ties with their management and with Gull Records.
Under new
management, they secure a deal with CBS Records in the US.

The success and strength of SAD WINGS OF DESTINY caught the
attention of several big labels, who were after Priest when news of them
leaving Gull Records got out. But it was CBS Records A&R man Paul
Atkinson's determination that got Priest into a worldwide deal that
served them quite well for 15 years...
LINK

Rob welcomed a rival city by accident at the 1977 DAY ON THE
GREEN show! LINK

1978
Judas Priest release
their second album for CBS, STAINED CLASS - a precursor to speed metal
They also release another
album that same year titled KILLING MACHINE
The British leg of the
tour was called "X Certificate"

The lyrics to "Better By You, Better Than Me" are about a lover
going off to war; they are not about suicide...
LINK

"Beyond The Realms Of Death" was co-written by drummer Les Binks
because he was left-handed and trying to play a right-handed guitar.
LINK

"Hero's End" was the song originally blamed for the suicide
deaths of two teens some seven years after its release.
LINK

Rob got his first leather outfit from a place in London called
Mr. S Leather Company. LINK

Marie Osmond objected to Rob using a bullwhip on the TOP OF THE
POPS stage set. LINK

Some wild props Rob used before the motorcycle were a bullwhip
and a machine gun, both of which caused trouble for the band...
LINK

1979
KILLING MACHINE adds a
cover song, "The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)" and gets a
title change for the US
Tom Allom comes aboard to
produce the band's first live album
Les Binks leaves in the
summer and Dave Holland joins in August
Priest's first live
album, UNLEASHED IN THE EAST, is released, but in Japan, it goes under the
title PRIEST IN THE EAST,
and adds four extra songs on a limited souvenir
EP

CBS Records US division wanted the title KILLING MACHINE changed
due to it having "murderous implications".
LINK

The title "Hell Bent For Leather" is rumored to be taken from a
verse in the song "Rawhide".
LINK

Rob Halford wrote a book titled LIBRARY OF TEARS in '79, but it
has never been published... LINK

K.K. bought a 1964 Flying V that Michael Schenker had been
looking at and wanted to buy.
LINK

In Dublin, Priest were told they couldn't use the motorcycle
because it might cause a riot in the crowd, so the band threatened to
not go on if they couldn't deliver the goods as promised in local
papers. After convincing the local authorities that a cancelled show
would cause an even greater riot, they were allowed to use the bike,
with turned out to be a success.
LINK

Rob Halford got his first stage Harley-Davidson motorcycle for
only $1.00, as a promotional tool to help boost sales of the
then-sinking motorcycle company.
LINK

Tom Allom worked for the same management company as Priest, so he
was brought in to produce their first live album, having had prior
"heavy metal" experience engineering early Sabbath albums.
LINK

UNLEASHED IN THE EAST is mixed at Ringo Starr's Startling
Studios, a recording studio set up in John Lennon's former estate LINK

Rob Halford had to redo his vocals out on the balcony at
Tittenhurst Place because he had a cold while in Tokyo (where the tracks
were recorded) and his voice was not up to par representation for a live
release. LINK

Two other songs from the February Tokyo shows were released as
B-sides, but never on any reissues of UNLEASHED IN THE EAST or any CD
compilations, and two final songs remain unreleased.
LINK

1980
Judas Priest Mark X: Rob
Halford - vocals; K.K. Downing - guitar; Glenn Tipton - guitar; Ian Hill -
bass; Dave Holland - drums
The band's breakthrough
album, BRITISH STEEL, is recorded and released
With BRITISH STEEL, Judas
Priest also enter the music video age, a year before MTV was launched!
Judas Priest play at
Monsters Of Rock along with Rainbow, Scorpions and Saxon, among other
known names

Judas Priest begin recording at Ringo Starr's house again, where
they had mixed their live album and where Tom Allom had just finished
producing and recording Def Leppard's ON THROUGH THE NIGHT only a month
prior. LINK

A
fabricated hoax was launched by renowned London PR agent Tony McBrain
that got printed in the press around the world claiming the master
tapes that would become BRITISH STEEL were stolen from the studio and a
£50,000 ransom had to be paid to recover the tapes in time to launch a
world tour and have the new album out!
LINK

1981
Judas Priest record POINT
OF ENTRY, a solid effort, but the straight rock/pop style leaves fans a
bit cold...
The world tour was called
"World Wide Blitz"

According to the band, the title POINT OF ENTRY refers to the
fact that Priest were a band about change, as they made a point of entry
into the new decade of the '80s.
LINK

A second album cover was made for the US pressing, as the UK
version was too abstract and not well researched. But the US cover was
even worse and required a black and white sticker showing a picture of
the band, so that consumers would know it was a Priest album and not
mistake it for a sci-fi B-movie soundtrack!
LINK

Priest had to drop their management company and handle the daily
affairs themselves under their own S.M.A.I. (Secret Management
Associates, Inc.) LINK

A stage prop accident almost ended the careers (and lives!) of
some of the band members.
LINK

Whitesnake arrived in the US to join the Priest and Maiden, only
to discover their American label had not funded the tour!
LINK

Gull Records bring back producer Rodger Bain to remix the
original tracks he had recorded for ROCKA ROLLA. These are combined with
several of the SAD WINGS OF DESTINY tracks and the result is released as
HERO, HERO. Unfortunately, the results of the remix were not much
better, and most later reissues of HERO, HERO don't even contain the
remixed tracks! LINK

1982
Judas Priest hit platinum
status in America for the first time with their next release, SCREAMING
FOR VENGEANCE
The world tour was called
"World Vengeance"
Fan response to the album
and single was so good, the tour never made it out of North America!

The title is not about retaliation vengeance, but about an
aggression in the music.
LINK

Tracks were recorded for an album they were simply going to title
SCREAMING, but after the band returned from a brief British tour and
played back what they had recorded, they scrapped the tracks for lack of
energy and started all over!
LINK

The band's biggest hit ever, "You've Got Another Thing Comin' ",
was a last minute idea to complete the album when they discovered they
were still short a track.
LINK

"You've Got Another Thing Comin' " would be used later on in a
Burger King commercial and as joiner music on the nationally syndicated
Rush Limbaugh radio talk show.
LINK

As things began to get busy for the band on tour in the US and
managing their affairs, Rob Halford asked John Baxter to come onboard to
look after his personal business matters in the US.
LINK

A live video was filmed in December and aired on MTV's SATURDAY
NIGHT ROCK SHOW, then later released as JUDAS PRIEST LIVE.
LINK

1983
In May, Priest sign up
with Who manager Bill Curbishley and Trinifold Management and take part in
one of the largest metal
festivals ever, US Festival
After a long stint of
touring in the US at the shunning of their homeland, Priest finally return
for a few European shows

"Freewheel Burning" is released as a single with an extra guitar
intro not included on the final album.
LINK

"Freewheel Burning" played live at Dortmund Rock Pop Festival, a
month before the album's release.
LINK

1984
DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH is
released. SIN AFTER SIN engineer Mark Dodson is brought back to engineer
the new album
The world tour was called "Metal Conquerors"

"Rock Hard, Ride Free" was originally demoed as "Fight For Your
Life". LINK

"Love Bites" does not contain a backwards message; it was simply
a line in the chorus reversed!
LINK

The song "Eat Me Alive" was originally titled "Bad Girls Wear
Leather". LINK

When Priest appeared on 'The Tube', a cameraman kept his camera
aimed at Glenn Tipton's crotch!
LINK

This is the tour that hosted the infamous Madison Square Garden
incident that cost Priest's insurance company an estimated $250,000 in
damages and got them banned from the venue for life!
LINK

Rob Halford laid down vocals for a demo tape of a local Phoenix
band called SURGICAL STEEL
LINK

Surgical Steel made good friends with Rob and members of Priest
and even got to hear the new stuff before it was released.
LINK

1985
This was a quiet year for
Priest, as as far as touring went, with only one concert performance - the
worldwide broadcast
event Live Aid! But for Rob Halford, it was quit an
eventful year, as he got to record with Dio and almost with Tony Iommi. It
was also a year in which
Rob would find himself in rehab for alcohol and substance abuse...

Rob was one of the "star" singers on Ronnie James Dio's famous charity recording of "Stars" on the
Hear 'N' Aid album.
LINK

Rob almost became a guest singer on Tony Iommi's solo project
SEVENTH STAR until Tony's label turned the project into a Black Sabbath
release. LINK

The band had plans to release a double live album for their 10th
Anniversary with CBS Records. But it was also going to be a chance to
make their 10th studio album as well, so the plans changed...
LINK

The initial studio album concept was to make it a double-album
chronicling all the styles of metal Priest had explored over the past
decade and to give it a working title of TWIN TURBOS...
LINK

TURBO is the first heavy metal album recorded on all-digital
equipment. LINK

The PMRC is formed in 1985 and places the song "Eat Me Alive" at number 3 on their "Filthy Fifteen" list, giving it an X rating for
sexually explicit lyrics. Priest respond by writing "Parental Guidance".
LINK

In July, the band plays their only concert in 1985: The worldwide
broadcast event for relief in Africa, LIVE AID. It is here that Rob
Halford meets Joan Baez, author of "Diamonds And Rust"...
LINK

Former Surgical
Steel and Racer
X vocalist Jeff Martin wrote a verse of one TURBO track and sang on
the chorus of another. LINK

An unreleased demo was given to Jeff Martin, who recorded the
song with his group Racer X. The drummer was future Priest sticksman
Scott Travis. LINK

The song "Reckless" is chosen by Warner Brothers to be the title
track for their upcoming film TOP GUN, but Priest decline, not only
because they would have to take it off of TURBO, but because they had
never heard of the actor Tom Cruise! It was a mistake that cost them the
chance at having a 5-million selling hit!
LINK

Many songs are held over to the next album and some won't appear
until THE RE-MASTERS in 2001. Two tracks, "Under The Gun" and "Fighting
For Your Love", have never been released.
LINK

A bit of controversy is stirred-up when a drummer is discovered
playing the songs under the Priest stage...
LINK

The band faced several interesting and funny equipment failures
on this tour... LINK

The cult classic documentary HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT is filmed
during a stop along this tour.
LINK

During their North American tour trek, it was discovered that
Alice Cooper is not the only heavy metal master of golf...
LINK

1987
Judas Priest record the
soundtrack single "Johnny B. Goode" as a favor to manager Bill Curbishley;
then they record three
mainstream songs with UK
pop hit producers S/A/W as an experiment for possible future soundtracks

"Johnny B. Goode" is recorded and released as a soundtrack single
to the film JOHNNY BE GOOD. Priest had missed their chance on TOP GUN
and then blow it on this flop of a film...
LINK

RAM IT DOWN uses several leftovers from the scrapped TWIN TURBOS
sessions and pressure from the label causes confusion in the planning of
the album. One song, titled "My Design" is scrapped from the album.
"Fire Burns Below" and "Thunder Road" won't be released until THE
RE-MASTERS... LINK

While RAM IT DOWN was awaiting final mixing, the guys were asked
by their manager to do an experimental and fun project with three top UK
hit producers. When the press found out, fan backlash caused the S/A/W
session tracks to never be released...
LINK

1988
RAM IT DOWN is released
The world tour was called
"Mercenaries Of Metal"

During the tour, the members of the band are served a summons to
appear in court concerning the suicide death and attempted suicide of
two Nevada boys. LINK

The song that brought the original complaint was "Heroes End",
but it was protected by the First Amendment, so the prosecution changed
their plea to subliminal messages supposedly discovered in the song
"Better By You, Better Than Me"...
LINK

The proceedings revealed that Judas Priest were far from a
devil-worshipping band of evil-doers - they actually participated in a
lot of charity work! LINK

Priest return to Reno, Nevada to perform only a couple of months
after the trial. They make news again, but this time for donating proceeds to the Community Runaway
Youth Services.LINK

Judas Priest perform "Better By You, Better Than Me" for the
first time in 12 years in response to the trial.
LINK

Rob gives an incredible keynote address at Concrete Foundations
and is recognized as the ambassador and diplomat of heavy metal.
LINK

1991
Priest play one of their
largest shows at Rock In Rio II in South America
The second US leg of the
tour was called "Operation Rock 'N' Roll", in honor of the troops fighting
in Operation Desert Storm

During Operation Rock 'N' Roll, Rob Halford and Alice Cooper rode
down Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, California in an army tank at 11:00 in
the morning! LINK

Unfortunately, Rob Halford would end the tour with his worst
motorcycle accident - one that left the band playing "Hell Bent For
Leather" for the only time as an instrumental, while Rob lay on the
ground knocked cold and hidden by dry ice!
LINK

1992
After almost 20 years of
hard work helping make Judas Priest a heavy metal giant, Rob Halford quits
the band to pursue
other musical
ventures

Rob records "Light Comes Out Of Black" with members of Pantera
for the BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER soundtrack.
LINK

Rob's new material was rejected by Columbia Records and
management. It was too American thrash for Priest's traditional British
metal sound. LINK

Contrary to press reports, Rob did not send a fax to quit the
band. It was a mishandling by the legal representatives...
LINK

Rob joins Black Sabbath for two memorable and history-making
nights. There were even talks of having Rob become the next singer for
Sabbath! While that never came together, Rob did record a track with
members of Sabbath and Fight for a Sabbath tribute album.
LINK

Scott Travis joined Rob in his solo venture Fight. While never
quitting Priest, contingency plans were underway to cover the loss of
Scott should he decide to stay with Rob...
LINK

Rob sued Priest publisher EMI over publishing rights and sued the
band over the name 'Judas Priest', in order to fully extricate himself
from contractual obligations that were holding up the Fight WAR OF WORDS
album. LINK

1994
Vocalist candidates were
narrowed down to about 30 possibles and letters were sent informing of an
upcoming
audition...
Glenn Tipton begins work
on material he had written back in 1992, holding up the first vocal
auditions.
Fight Mark II:
Rob Halford - vocals; Brian Tilse - guitars; Jay Jay - bass; Scott Travis
- drums; Robby Lochner - guitars
The world tour continues
under the title "Nailed To The Road"
Fight release MUTATIONS
and the "Christmas Ride" promo single

Several of the finalists up for the Judas Priest vocal position
tell their stories: LINK

Though it never materialized, the rare Fight promo "Christmas
Ride" was considered for inclusion in the live set!
LINK

1995Fight Mark III:
Rob Halford - vocals; Brian Tilse - guitars; Jay Jay - bass; Scott Travis
- drums; Mark Chaussee - guitars
Fight release A SMALL
DEADLY SPACE
On their second North
American leg of the '95 tour, Fight support Anthrax, where Rob and John
Bush guest with each
others' band to cover a
Priest tune or two!
The list of Judas Priest vocal
candidates is narrowed to a "short-list" of about 10 finalists.
By 1995, it was yet
unclear whether Glenn's material would be for a solo project or a new
version of Judas Priest...
Fight disbands and Scott
Travis returns, bringing with him a rough video of a singer performing in
a Judas Priest tribute
band...

Glenn had spent some time working on material with drummer Cozy
Powell and considered Cozy for the next Priest album, should Scott
Travis not return and the songs turn out to go that direction.
LINK

Glenn even considered forming an altogether new band with Cozy,
bassist Neil Murray and vocalist John West...
LINK

Fans of heavy metal around the world are shocked when the Metal
God himself declares:
"Metal is dead and I am done with it."LINK

Rob Halford, for the first time publicly and officially, reveals
to MTV: "I've been a gay man all of my life..."LINK

1999
Two Mark III: Rob Halford
- vocals; Derek Taylor - guitar; Sid Riggs - drums; Ray Riendeau - bass
A follow-up to VOYEURS is
anticipated, but Rob returns to his fans and his metal roots.
An early demo of "Silent Screams" is
posted on the Two-Online
site and
www.RobHalford.com is born.

Judas Priest receive their second Grammy nomination for the
single "Bullet Train". LINK

2003The long-awaited big announcement is made by CNN:
Rob Halford has reunited with Judas Priest!

2004
After a couple of failed
attempts in previous years, Priest make their first ever appearance at
Ozzfest and it is a raging
success! It is also the first time that Judas
Priest and fellow Birmingham metal legends Black Sabbath perform on the
same
nights and stage - metal history is made!

2005ANGEL OF RETRIBUTION, the highly anticipated
first new album from the original writing team and lineup in 15 years, is
released

These were on a demo
recorded at London's Sarm Studios and sent to Gull Records that got Judas Priest
their first record deal.

1974: Acoustic demo with just Rob
Halford and Glenn Tipton

Mother Sun

A rough-take demo with just Rob on vocals and Glenn on acoustic guitar was made for Gull Records.
The song was
intended to be a big 'Queen'-type epic. Although it was performed during the
1975 UK tour, it was never recorded beyond that acoustic demo stage and a couple
of live bootlegs (some from soundboard, but never leaked). Drummer John Hinch recalls the song "Whiskey Woman"
would open their early live sets with a guitar prelude that eventually became the intro to "Mother Sun"
after "Whiskey Woman" evolved into "Victim Of Changes".

Caviar And Meths

A 10-minute plus demo
version was recorded, complete with vocals, but was finally cut to a 2-minute
instrumental for the album.

1978: Savage Studios
pre-production demos

Pre-production demos of STAINED CLASS tracks recorded in
Birmingham, England's Savage Studios. "White Heat, Red Hot" was among these
pre-production demos, and the cover of Gun's "Race With The Devil" was also
recorded during these sessions and later released as a bonus track on the SIN
AFTER SIN Re-Master.

1981:
POINT OF ENTRY advance tape

On The Run

This version has different lyrics,
speed-metal pace, and spit-fire fast vocals.

1982

Five unknown titles from the
SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE sessions were scrapped early on in favor of fresh
songwriting.

These were
recorded during the
TURBO
session, as are many of the bonus tracks on the RE-MASTERS.

1987:
RAM IT DOWN sessions

My Design

"A
song called 'My Design', an epic - like a ride into the
depths of hell."- Rob Halford, Metal Hammer, 1987

1988: SAW Sessions

Runaround

I Will Return

You Are Everything

These were recorded with
the famous UK hit producers Stock, Aitken, Waterman (under management of former
Priest recording agent David Howells) as a favor to
manager Bill Curbishley and as an experiment for possible future film soundtracks.

1995 -1996: JUGULATOR demos

Ten or more JUGULATOR demos which were reworked and completed after Ripper joined to suit
his more aggressive, hard-core vocal style.

"The songs were not recorded - just demoed, which is kind of good for
Priest because we never really had any stuff in the can. Now we can develop
these songs and get Owens involved and formulate some ideas for the next album."- K.K., illliterature.com

1998

2-4 unreleased tracks from Two's VOYEURS sessions.

1999

Rob Halford's band Two started working on a second album, but only partial
recordings were made:

"I have some tracks left over [from the second Two album] in bits and pieces; in
fact I have hundreds of songs back in Phoenix, Arizona I have written over the
years, [But] I don't like going backwards as far as songs that might get
reworked."- Rob Halford, Online chat November 16, 2002

2000: RESURRECTION
demo leftovers

10 leftover demos from the first Halford record. 24 tracks
were demoed but only 14 were released (12 worldwide + 2 bonus tracks for
Japan)...

"I've been listening to the 24 songs we'd demoed with Halford, and I've been
listing all the way back to SAD WINGS OF DESTINY up to SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE.
That's all I've been listening to, so my head is just way deep into Halford
land."- Roy Z.,
Hard Radio, November 10,2000

2001: post-DEMOLITION demos

Some of these were co-written by
Ripper Owens. These were written and recorded too late to make the final
release, but were considered for a follow-up album. "Whats My Name" was released
as a Japan-only bonus.

2002: CRUCIBLE
pre-production sessions

Dead Men Talk

One Will (pre-release version)

Gordon "Gungi" Paterson ran sound for Judas Priest on their
1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1991 tours. Rob Halford says Gungi made
recordings off the soundboard of every Priest show they played:

"My house is full of cassettes and records. I have an
important collection of bootlegs. I have hours and hours of video and audio
recordings. I've filmed all the Priest and
Fight rehearsals. I collect everything."- Rob Halford, Hard Rock magazine, June 2000

"In fact, I have hundreds of songs back in Phoenix,
Arizona I have written over the years..."- Rob Halford, Online chat November 16, 2002

2004

An additional 5 to 12 tracks from the ANGEL OF RETRIBUTION
session:

"Actually,
we had enough material for two complete albums. We probably had close to two
dozen amazing songs, and we really had hoped to include all of them. We tried to
create an 'A' list and a 'B' list of tracks, but that didn't really work. At
some point reality set in, and we came to the conclusion that we'd need to cut
down drastically to find the 12 tracks (which then became 10) that we wanted to
comprise this disc. But it is nice to know there is some amazing Priest material
already done and ready to go whenever we may choose to utilize it."- Rob Halford, Hit Parader, November 2004

"We wrote
about fifteen or sixteen songs, and we ended up with ten. The other songs are
still good, but they didn't fit into this batch, and an album needs to flow."- Glenn Tipton, Metal Edge, May 2005

Here is a track-by-track analysis of each
song in the Judas Priest catalog, listing all of the lead guitar work
performed by axemen Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing. Bonus tracks are on re-issue
and RE-MASTER discs.

The
info for SIN AFTER SIN through SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE is from the World
Vengeance Tour Program, the info for TURBO through PAINKILLER is from the
liner notes of the last four Re-Masters, and info for
Rocka Rolla, Sad Wings Of
Destiny, Defenders Of The Faith, Jugulator, Live Meltdown, Demolition, and the
bonus tracks is from personal evaluation, using live video footage and the
general rule that Glenn and K.K.
are usually mixed in separate speakers:

"...it's split...and mixed as usual so I'm on the left and
Glenn's on the right."- K.K. Downing, Metal Works liner notes

Also, Glenn is the main lead player, with a darker tone
and a bluesier, more
melodic solo style, while K.K. plays more of the rhythm and has a brighter tone and wilder
guitar antics:

"The one thing I ended up being able to play really
well were chords. Since then, I've had a few classical lessons and some piano
lessons, but I'll never be a melodic guitarist. I'm more into aggression than
runs and scales, although I could play melodic guitar if I wanted to".- K.K. Downing, POINT OF ENTRY tour program